Cut-downs

The Pirates made a bunch of cuts and announcements in the last 24 hours or so, so let's get caught up. Tyler Yates, Sean Gallagher, Josh Fields, Wyatt Toregas, and Dan McCutchen were sent down on Friday while the club announced Joe Beimel wouldn't be ready for the start of the season. Today, they sent Andy Marte, Brian Burres, Dusty Brown, and Corey Wimberly to minor league camp and scratched Chris Snyder with a sore back. They also told Steve Pearce that he's made the team. The only surprise as far as I can see is that Burres was sent down as it kind of seemed like he was a candidate to start if James McDonald isn't ready to start the season with his side injury. Without Burres, Jeff Karstens is the obvious choice for that role (they've already started stretching him out in minor league games, as I noted on Tuesday). Michael Crotta is technically an option, but since he only threw an inning on Tuesday and they haven't worked him like a starter yet, that seem...